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“I have not led an ordinary life, nor a life that would suit everyone. I took great risks, but because I did, I also earned great reward. I found the way to show my true face freely, without fear. Because of this, I found true love.”
― The Wild Orchid: A Retelling of The Ballad of Mulan
― The Wild Orchid: A Retelling of The Ballad of Mulan
“Music is founded on the harmony between heaven and earth, on the concord of obscurity and brightness.”
― The Glass Bead Game
― The Glass Bead Game
“Whenever I look at the ocean, I always want to talk to people, but when I'm talking to people, I always want to look at the ocean.”
― Hear the Wind Sing
― Hear the Wind Sing
“Falling in love is very real, but I used to shake my head when people talked about soul mates, poor deluded individuals grasping at some supernatural ideal not intended for mortals but sounded pretty in a poetry book. Then, we met, and everything changed, the cynic has become the converted, the sceptic, an ardent zealot.”
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
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